Report: NHL wants answer on Canada border crossing soon
Field Level Media
15 May 2021, 02:05 GMT+10
The NHL has asked the Canadian government for a decision by June 1 about U.S. teams crossing the border during the Stanley Cup Playoffs, ESPN reported Friday.
The Canadian teams played only each other during the 2020-21 season in a revamped North Division because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and that will continue during the first two rounds of the playoffs. It's what happens after that -- in the semifinals and finals -- that is up in the air.
"The conversations are ongoing. We've told them we really do need to know by the end of the first round, and that's around June 1," Steve Mayer, the league's chief content officer, told ESPN. "That's pretty much the date that we've talked to them about, saying we have to know one way or another."